It was a thunderous roar that suddenly erupted from the distant earth, like a meteor striking the ground, then came charging over the mountains with crushing force.
Then, a vast presence rose between the wasteland and the Stellar Sanctuary, nearly shattering the foul, heavy clouds high above. The Tainted wind that had been pouring in from the wasteland was also halted by some invisible force, stopping abruptly near the northern cliffs of the Stellar Sanctuary as if it had struck an unseen barrier, before being driven back more than ten kilometers.
Only then did Bercetia and Elaine see a towering, holy figure emerge from the distant clouds and mist. It charged in from the western side of the Stellar Sanctuary, wrapped in shifting phantom light and haze. It was as large as a castle, with the outline of a colossal white deer. Carrying unstoppable force, it rushed forward. Leaning towers and piled ruins along its path were pulverized into dust, while the foul, chaotic aura that had begun spreading along the way was directly evaporated by the phantom light around its body. The Aberrant monsters that had formed nearby were drawn by that immense energy and let out confused, piercing howls toward the charging giant deer—only to become scattered fragments beneath its hooves in the next instant.
Many of the monsters never even came into contact with the giant deer. From a great distance, they were already evaporated by the radiance it emitted, dissolving into smoke and dust.
Bercetia stood dumbfounded. She recognized the giant deer's identity, but she had never imagined she would see him here. Countless thoughts and doubts flashed through her mind in an instant, yet she had no time to ask anything before she could only watch the enormous figure thunder past her, charging onward without